After a long period of hibernation, Pinky Beecroft returns to Sydney for a rare show at The Factory.

"I'm bringing a piano as well as a fabulous band. Special guests. A new album. Some old favourites. Some deep cuts for the true believers. I haven't played Sydney for a thousand years -- I'm excited, I might even tell stories. PLUS David McCormack's going to play a solo set. I can't even get my head around it, I'm so goddamn pumped."

Pinky Beecroft is a unique thing. He was the singer songwriter front-person of Machine Gun Fellatio - a band known for legendary live shows, extreme shenanigans and a string of radio hits. At the height of their success Pinky abruptly quit the circus and disappeared. There were rumours: he'd gone into hiding in Norway; he'd relocated to the Arizona desert; he'd passed away. Thence followed mourning, weeping, whispers, conjecture, alleged sightings.

Some things we know for certain: Pinky turned up in TV shows as diverse as The Glasshouse and The World 9-Ball Championship. He performed sold-out shows as a stand-up comedian. He won an ARIA for Song Of The Year and co-wrote the number 1 song on the Hottest 100  ("No Aphrodisiac" recorded by The Whitlams). He did relocate to the Arizona desert, for some time. He also recorded a couple of astonishingly lovely solo records, toured with a band called The White Russians, supported Elvis Costello, produced television series and remained an eccentric and supremely unpredictable outsider-figure in the Australian cultural landscape.

From the man himself: "I just finished a new record, and it's disturbingly, almost catastrophically good. I'm going to preview some of it. I'm going to play some hits. This Sydney gig may be the greatest night of my life .... in fact, maybe the greatest night of anyone's life. Ever. At the very least..... it's extremely reasonably-priced."